There are over 250 'Quotes About Texas' in this list. This 'collection,' has been drawn from books, Internet, and other sources. Due to the length (14 pages), you will find the speakers listed alphabetically, for quicker reference. Enjoy finding out more about what the folks you love and admire think about our great 'Lone Star State.'
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Sam Houston "Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has blessed my vision."
Sam Houston "Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages."
Floyd Abrams "I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York."
Floyd Abrams "CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court."
Jensen Ackles "Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with."
Jensen Ackles "I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western."
Red Adair "I've traveled all over the world, but I don"t think there is any place better than Texas."
Stephen Ambrose "Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?"
Anonymous "Texans ain't Texans if they aren't willing to boast about the state they call home."
Anonymous "On the eighth day God created Texas."
Anonymous "No matter how far we may wander, Texas lingers within us."
Anonymous "Texas living where the tea is sweet, where is there long, the days are warm, and our faith is strong."
Anonymous "No dancing on tables with Spurs!"
Anonymous "Texans don't sounds funny. Y'all do."
Anonymous [At Alamo] "Be Silent, Friend, here Heroes died To make a trail for other men."
Anonymous "I'm from Texas, what country are you from?"
Anonymous "Texas isn't just a place on a map ... it's an idea in the hearts of our people."
Anonymous "A lot of folks don't know this, but 'TEXAS' is an old Indian word that roughly translates to "We don't care how you do things up north."
Anonymous "You know you're a Texan when... every adult expect you to say "ma'am" or "sir."
Anonymous "Before your state was a state, it was just land. Before my state was a state, it was a country. God Bless Texas!
Anonymous "It's a Texas thing; y'all wouldn't understand."
Anonymous "In 1844 Dallas consisted of two small log cabins, and two families of ten to twelve souls."
Anonymous "Texans don't lie... We just think bigger."
Anonymous "A young man asked his grandfather, "What would you be if you weren't a Texan?" His grandfather answered, "Ashamed!"
Spencer Bachus "As the number of available jobs has decreased in border states like Texas, cities halfway across America have begun to see an influx of illegal immigrants in search of employment."
Fairuza Balk "I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color."
Don Baylor "Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States."
Chris Bell "Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues."
Jessica Biel "I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those."